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Is Whittier in a fire hazard severity zone?
40.4% of Whittier is mapped in a fire hazard severity zone, and 36.3% in High or Very High, where the seller disclosures apply.
Whittier ranks 671 of 1050 California places for the share of land in High or Very High zones.
In land area, that is 4.70 sq mi Very High, 0.60 sq mi High, 0.60 sq mi Moderate, out of 14.63 sq mi. Its High and Very High share of 36.3% is 3.9 points above the 32.4% of Los Angeles County. The median home value of $751,700 is 4% below the county median of $783,300. Among 142 places in the county it ranks 41 for exposure; Pepperdine University ranks first at 100.0%. The latest recorded fire is COLIMA in 2010. By decade: 1950s: 4, 1960s: 2, 1970s: 6, 1980s: 1, 2010s: 1. Seismic maps cover Whittier with fault zone 3.0%, liquefaction 10.8%, landslide 11.3%.
Zones differ from street to street: check the address above. In Los Angeles County overall, 29.4% of the land is Very High.
Fires recorded in or across Whittier
The state record shows 14 since 1950. The largest was TURNBULL II in 1967 (1,741 acres in total).
- COLIMA (2010), 11 acres
- (unnamed) (1981), 194 acres
- CATALINA (1979), 886 acres
- (unnamed) (1976), 57 acres
- (unnamed) (1975), 64 acres
- (unnamed) (1974), 16 acres
- COLIMA (1970), 323 acres
- (unnamed) (1970), 20 acres
- TURNBULL II (1967), 1,741 acres
- (unnamed) (1963), 2 acres
- (unnamed) (1959), 10 acres
- (unnamed) (1956), 19 acres
Earthquake fault zone maps
Whittier touches the La Habra map.
Nearby places compared
- South Whittier, 2.2 mi south: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $641,700
- West Whittier-Los Nietos, 3.0 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $607,100
- East Whittier, 3.2 mi southeast: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $750,700
- Rose Hills, 3.3 mi northwest: 70.6% High or Very High, 2 fires, median home $883,500
- Hacienda Heights, 3.3 mi northeast: 45.9% High or Very High, 27 fires, median home $778,700
- Santa Fe Springs, 3.6 mi southwest: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $624,700
- La Habra Heights, 3.7 mi east: 54.4% High or Very High, 9 fires, median home $1,114,100
- La Mirada, 4.6 mi south: 1.7% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $763,200
- Industry, 4.7 mi northeast: 14.0% High or Very High, 10 fires
- Pico Rivera, 4.7 mi west: 0.0% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $621,400
- La Habra, 4.7 mi southeast: 7.9% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $716,700
- Avocado Heights, 5.3 mi north: 1.1% High or Very High, 0 fires, median home $668,700